{"id":16938,"date":"2024-04-29T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/?p=16938"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:55:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:55:28","slug":"bible-verse-of-the-day-4-29-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/bible-verse-of-the-day-4-29-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Bible Verse of The Day – 4-29-24"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark 2:17 (LSB) 17 And hearing this, Jesus said to them, \u201cThose who are healthy do not have need for a physician, but only those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners<\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is funny how we, followers of Christ, often forget that we were once lost and unsaved, wallowing in our own dirt and sinfulness.<\/p>\n

And as we grow, putting distance between ourselves and our past, we begin to look down on those who are in that same sinful state now.<\/p>\n

How terrible it would be for us if God had not seen fit to save us!<\/p>\n

If we were to take seriously what Jesus said about the well not needing a doctor, we just might begin to look at many things quite differently.<\/p>\n

Maybe those whom we look down upon would be sitting next to us in the church pew.<\/p>\n

Maybe those we shun would feel less like outsiders when they are around us.<\/p>\n

Maybe those we \u201ccast stones\u201d at would feel less condemned in our presence.<\/p>\n

If we keep ourselves open to the promptings of the Holy Spirit, we will be much less likely to \u201cact like pharisees\u201d and more likely to recognize this tendency in ourselves when it happens.<\/p>\n

It is only then that God can change this in us.<\/p>\n

As Jesus said in Matthew, 19:26, \u201cWith men, this is impossible. But with God all things are possible!\u201d<\/p>\n

Pastor Curt & Pastor Ellie<\/p>\n

Seven Seas Ministries
\n49 N Lamplighters Walk
\nHampstead, NC 28443<\/p>\n

401-439-3780<\/p>\n

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Mark 2:17 (LSB) 17 And hearing this, Jesus said to them, \u201cThose who are healthy do not have need for a physician, but only those who are sick; I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners.\u201d It is funny how we, followers of Christ, often forget that we were once lost and unsaved, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[1803,5035,2313],"class_list":["post-16938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-loving-the-sinner","tag-bible-verses-about-loving-others","tag-bible-verses-about-loving-the-sinner","tag-what-the-bible-says-about-loving-others"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16938"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16940,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16938\/revisions\/16940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mybibleverseoftheday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}